First off, this is a physical mod!!! you do this at your own risk!!!
Second, i seen this mod in the captivate section of xda and i cant find the OP so that i can give the guys credit, but credit goes to him for doing this to his captivate!!!
after i seen the thread about this i noticed that my friend, who has a captivate, had a chip in the ear piece and it was silver with black paint on top of it. after seeing this he said "Take it off!" and so i did...after doing it i seen it looked rather cool so i took a knife and started scratching the black paint off of mine. i think it looks good and gives it kind of an accent from all the black on the phone. If you decide to do this to your phone, please be careful when doing it and take your time. you dont wanna take this piece out or make it sharp and end up cutting your ear 1 day when you answer your phone, so again, please be careful when doing this mod!!!
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FYI : Once you do this you cant undo it....unless you get some good paint and know how to paint this without filling the holes with paint!!!
Just did this, and I must say, it looks amazingly awesome. It also kinda smoothed the face down, making it seem more slick.
KillKount said:
Just did this, and I must say, it looks amazingly awesome. It also kinda smoothed the face down, making it seem more slick.
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good...im glad you like it as much as i do...just gotta be gentle with it while doing it!
btw...i love your avatar!!! roy mustang ftw!
This reminds me of what I did with my iPod. I took a fine grain sandpaper and sanded the back of my iPod. Looks great now. Unorthodox mod to what we normally see but I dig it Tator, thanks.
What exactly do you do, just scratch off the paint there? Sand it?
I've also been wondering, on older phones you could use a sugar block and scratch off logos like the us cellular or samsung logo. Can we do that?
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I just taped off around ithe speaker grate and used my pocket knife's small blade and she's silver and no scratches. keep in mind I keep my knife extremely sharp and was very very very gentle. It took about 5-10 minutes. Thanks tator. Kinda like the new look.
Edit, Also once you scratch most of it off. an damp alcohol pad seems to remove the remnants really well
Edit: OK so this is how I did it and have no scratches what so ever.
I taped the phone to my desk at work. then taped around the speaker.
Used a Knife to gently scratch off as much of the paint as I could.
Took a toothpick and cut one end as to make a sharp blade on the end and used this to "rub"off the paint down in the crease.
Then wet a q-tip and rubbed the remianng paint of the ear piece.
Hope this helps some that are wondering a way to do this.
I wish I wasn't at work. I would post a pic. Honestly it looks like it was made this way.
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What exactly do you do, just scratch off the paint there? Sand it?
I've also been wondering, on older phones you could use a sugar block and scratch off logos like the us cellular or samsung logo. Can we do that?
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just use a sharp knife...and be uber careful....and scratch it off
im guessing this should work the same for showcase as well as the fascinate too....but it would take someone trying and reporting back to verify!
I just did this to my mesmerize and it looks great it does look like it came put of the box this way adds a nice little accent to the face of my phone. Thanks for the idea
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I just did this to my mesmerize and it looks great it does look like it came put of the box this way adds a nice little accent to the face of my phone. Thanks for the idea
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np....its what i do
you were baked, weren't ya tator?
I can confirm that this can be done with a dime and get a reasonably good result. I didn't have a knife handy but I did have some change so I scraped a dime across it until it turned silver. Looks fine. Not perfect, I will probably touch it up with a knife later, but it isn't bad and it didnt scratch the surrounding area. I wasn't even careful
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I can confirm that this can be done with a dime and get a reasonably good result. I didn't have a knife handy but I did have some change so I scraped a dime across it until it turned silver. Looks fine. Not perfect, I will probably touch it up with a knife later, but it isn't bad and it didnt scratch the surrounding area. I wasn't even careful
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well good stuff...get the rough crap with a dime...do the finer detail with a knife...will add this info to the OP
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you were baked, weren't ya tator?
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sober as a nun sir!!!
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ok so i made an attempt at fixing the buttons today to see if i could make them any brighter and possibly fix the issue with having to press them several times to make them work.
i tore my captivate apart for the first time ever. this was my first time taking a screen off of any phone before so that was pretty interesting, as ive also never had any experience with touch screens or capacitive buttons..
so the outcome? a total success minus one button that i took to much paint off of and made it look terrible, but it does still work, and better than before, all i did was pull it apart and with a precision screwdriver i etched the paint away on the inside, i did make a video of the outcome but not during the process, i realized that my phone is also my camera so anyway here is the video, youtube is processing it so it may take a little while before it works
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVHbWyKoI3c
hmm...it does seem to be a success despite your search button fugg up. I think etching with a screwdriver was a bit aggressive, i think i would have tried an emory cloth or something like that first. But it is good to see that you actually did something about it, congrats man that is awesome
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hmm...it does seem to be a success despite your search button fugg up. I think etching with a screwdriver was a bit aggressive, i think i would have tried an emory cloth or something like that first. But it is good to see that you actually did something about it, congrats man that is awesome
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make no mistake, i screwed the button up visually, the only reason i call it a complete success is due to what i was going after in the beginning, and that was to make all of them work properly and figure out the root cause of all these issues, now at least we have information about these buttons and why they dont work, its amazing to me that such a small detail can make such a huge impact on performance. hopefully someone here can repeat my actions and learn from my mistakes and get it done properly.
wow, really cool. that irresponsive problem really has driven me crazy...but i'm still brave enough to do this...is it possible to send my phone to samsung and ask them to do it?
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wow, really cool. that irresponsive problem really has driven me crazy...but i'm still brave enough to do this...is it possible to send my phone to samsung and ask them to do it?
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That's not very likely.
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Awesome! I want to try this myself.
Was the paint you etched away distributed across the inside of the case, or was it just spread across the clear buttons? How delicate/skilled of a hand would you say you need?
I'm just trying to get a better idea of what I'll be looking at.
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Awesome! I want to try this myself.
Was the paint you etched away distributed across the inside of the case, or was it just spread across the clear buttons? How delicate/skilled of a hand would you say you need?
I'm just trying to get a better idea of what I'll be looking at.
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I'd like to know this as well. Would it be possible for you to tear down the device again and take a pictures for us on the forum to view?
I've been wanting a reason to disassemble my phone and this looks like just the reason.
I agree with one of the posts above, I think emory cloth would be a good way to go. You'd certainly have much better control of how much paint(?) you were removing.
i dont have any more of a steady hand than most people i would say, i do work on small delicate things at work but i shake and stuff just as much as your average joe,
the paint is does not go across the whole screen it is only in the areas where the buttons are, what makes it really hard is that the paint area is actually larger than the button itself, there are two layers of paint one black (to fill the middle of the buttons) and one gray (for the buttons shape) and where you are looking at it, its extremely hard to see where to etch and where to leave the paint, i didnt think the black was paint so i just started etching away at all of the gray on my first one and thats when i ended up with the screwed up search button, then the rest i payed more attention to the detail, all in all i think it took me about 40 mins, thats break down/video and everything.
this is a really good picture too look at and pay extremely close attention to the search button and you can see the dip in the paint where you actually need to etch
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So just etch where it dips in? Do all the buttons.dip in like that?
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So just etch where it dips in? Do all the buttons.dip in like that?
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Yes.
And.
Yes.
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Cool! Ill give this a shot later. Thanks for the help!
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Take pics when your done. And tell us how difficult it was to you..i was more scared than stumped..
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Did you have to unglue anything to get to the buttons? I have it apart now, but can't get to the buttons.
Start from the top of the screen and pry three glass from the back..be very careful.. I didn't scratch mine at all doing it but it did take time
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How do you get the screen to stick back? Did you use any adhesive. Im mainly hesitant because I don't want to get dust between the screen and glass.
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The screen and glass stay together so no worries with dust. But it has an adhesive that you can re use
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Ill give it a shot later tonight if I have time. Ill be sure to take pictures. Im looking forward to brighter LEDs.
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I'm sorry I'm nit much help I will be better when I get off work
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You do knew that the sensitivity can and does change on different kernel/roms? I have run some where physical pressure seems necessary and others where barely touching them activates them.
swyped....and I apologize for not proofreading
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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Phateless said:
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.
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 !
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CHECK MY:
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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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gixer2000 said:
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?
itzsmokey said:
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.