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Am I the only one who finds it very distracting that the diamond tilts when lying on a flat surface when you're operating it?
I wonder which devil designed that back cover...
Are there flat replacements available?
the xda version got a nice flat backcover with a slip-proof surface. i like this one more than the original bling bling high gloss cover...
nice that your xda has a better cover, but where can we buy new covers......
Hmm... is there any well know company producing such stuff, so we know where to look?
My wish: a back cover like the O2 one (not glossy), but with an extra camera protection, e.g.: simply a retractable black piece of plastic would be enough.
http://www.expansys.com.au/p.aspx?i=166209
Check that out - they've listed it as a Diamond battery cover but the location of where the camera lens cover is, looks to be more like a battery cover release button. Hopefully there are flat covers coming out from HTC.
Thanks! I think it's the correct one.
N.B. The product image is for illustration only, not the actual bettery cover.
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murks_muell said:
Thanks! I think it's the correct one.
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Damn.. I guess still no flat back battery covers then.
Can any one who owns an XDA Diamond (the one from o2) tell me, if the see through lens cover on the flat back still lessens the quality of the camera pics, or if this has changed in comparisson to the prism version?
sandervanzijl said:
nice that your xda has a better cover, but where can we buy new covers......
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I lost the back cover to my O2 XDAII a few years ago. I went to an O2 shop to see if I could buy one and they gave me one for free! As the display dummies have their back covers removed and an anti theft sticky pad on string attached. Maybe worth going to your local O2 store and seeing if they will give you the flat cover.
Hmm, I don't really know where to put this post and I didn't feel like my question justified a new thread. Is it possible to pop the piece of plastic, on the back of the diamond, "protecting" the camera lens, out? That should raise the quality of the camera snapshots by a nice margin.
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Hmm, I don't really know where to put this post and I didn't feel like my question justified a new thread. Is it possible to pop the piece of plastic, on the back of the diamond, "protecting" the camera lens, out? That should raise the quality of the camera snapshots by a nice margin.
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this is a must...it just pops out
then you can take a good photo
its really easy to pop out too
homesteil said:
Hmm, I don't really know where to put this post and I didn't feel like my question justified a new thread. Is it possible to pop the piece of plastic, on the back of the diamond, "protecting" the camera lens, out? That should raise the quality of the camera snapshots by a nice margin.
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sure it is possible and sure it will improved camera quality, but you will have some more dust getting into your device whitch would be the reason for me not to do so and but often clean the cam-protection.
laporte said:
sure it is possible and sure it will improved camera quality, but you will have some more dust getting into your device whitch would be the reason for me not to do so and but often clean the cam-protection.
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To the dust issue: I'm planning on putting a thin and perfectly fitting round seal, normally used for screws, between the cover and the device
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homesteil said:
To the dust issue: I'm planning on putting a thin and perfectly fitting round seal, normally used for screws, between the cover and the device
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well- but then you run the danger of hurting the qualtiy cover inside the phone (the glass cover on top of the camera).
nevertheless: best would be to have a shutter - hopfully any company release a solution - soon!!!
Anyone found MDA style back cover?
Yes I too hate the shinny, wonky, non symetrical, dirt attracting back cover.
Has anyone seen the MDA (XDA) style rubberised back cover for sale? Assuming it fits of course.
esseff said:
Yes I too hate the shinny, wonky, non symetrical, dirt attracting back cover.
Has anyone seen the MDA (XDA) style rubberised back cover for sale? Assuming it fits of course.
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mda compact iv has rounded corners, the diamond is square so cannot be interchanged.
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Ive asked in separate thread about possibility how to customize plastic back cover. My idea was to either airbrush backcover with standard black or use special ruberized layer. But I dont know how to make that kind of layer I guess Ill have to google to find some option
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Ive asked in separate thread about possibility how to customize plastic back cover. My idea was to either airbrush backcover with standard black or use special ruberized layer. But I dont know how to make that kind of layer I guess Ill have to google to find some option
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Or something like this?
Just Got A Cheap Silicon Case Of Ebay
looks ok to me.....atleast it can't slip out my hand now
and it should bonce beter
I posted some info in another thread but I wanted to make one just for extended battery covers for the Fascinate.
I got a 50% off a Zagg leather skin. I ordered one for the iPad. You can get four extended custom wraps for the battery if you cut it right. First one was a test run with the skin cut in 3 pc. so I could see where the wrinkles would be.Two pics of the second one I am useing now with only two small cuts at the bottom of the back so the leather would fit. Not perfect but almost
Let me know what ya think.
...............Info Below was in other thread...............
Had this info in a other post so I moved it here so it would be all together. All pics are at the bottom. I also posted in the General section and someone got upset because there were instructions on how to take care of a common problem some of us have
If a mod could delete my post(post #40-#45) from the thread called "Screen protectors"
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****Originally Posted by elijahblake
will you send some pics of the phone so we can see what it looks like with the extended battery. Is is much heavier, harder to get in your pocket?
****Originally Posted by MSHancock
It is a little heavier but not enough to complain about. If I forget my case I put it in my front pocket and it doesnt bother me at all, even while sitting. Here are a few pics.
Also with the extended bat it makes the cell a LOT easier to hold on to with your hand or if you have to cheek it while talking.
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looks good man... So how much extra juice do you get out of that?
****Originally Posted by MSHancock
haven't done any real test but when I had the stock bat in my son and I would have to stop after a few hours of Homerun Derby. Now we/I can go all day and only charge it at night when I hit the bed and thats with playing games all day and messing with apps.
MSHancock said:
I posted some info in another thread but I wanted to make one just for extended battery covers for the Fascinate.
I got a 50% off a Zagg leather skin. I ordered one for the iPad. You can get four extended custom wraps for the battery if you cut it right. First one was a test run with the skin cut in 3 pc. so I could see where the wrinkles would be.Two pics of the second one I am useing now with only two small cuts at the bottom of the back so the leather would fit. Not perfect but almost
Let me know what ya think.
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Hello,
I'm looking to purchase one of these for my Evo. I have used Zagg products before and they have developed alot of pocket lint on the corners. Also over time the cover would start to peal back in certain areas. Being that the leather skin is thicker, have you seen any of these problems show up yet.
Thanks,
~Brett
Brg34 said:
Hello,
I'm looking to purchase one of these for my Evo. I have used Zagg products before and they have developed alot of pocket lint on the corners. Also over time the cover would start to peal back in certain areas. Being that the leather skin is thicker, have you seen any of these problems show up yet.
Thanks,
~Brett
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I know exactly what your talking about and it drives me crazy. So its been close to two months and the leather skin has none of that. I think the leather is the way to go.
No offense but this thing is grotesque... not even the nice look of the leather can hide the obesity of the extended battery, it just looks so horrible, I would rather charge my phone every night than carry around a pregnant midget in my pocket all day.
Didn't like the brownish color to much so I painted it somewhat flat black.
Looks better in real life.
My 2nd mod will be to add a second battery on top of the original one.
Will have to do some electric soldering and cut the back of the battery cover.
Won't do this till they start to sell the OEM battery cover.
I also painted it in white and looked really nice. But I'm liking the black a bit better.
If anyone would like to have his/hers cover done let me know.
Btw, sorry if this is in the wrong section.
nice. I want to do mine white amd red sonehow
nice work tho
I hate how thw top speaker is black I was thinkin about painting it chrome
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JasjarMan said:
Didn't like the brownish color to much so I painted it somewhat flat black.
Looks better in real life.
My 2nd mod will be to add a second battery on top of the original one.
Will have to do some electric soldering and cut the back of the battery cover.
Won't do this till they start to sell the OEM battery cover.
I also painted it in white and looked really nice. But I'm liking the black a bit better.
If anyone would like to have his/hers cover done let me know.
Btw, sorry if this is in the wrong section.
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Looks nice. What kind of paint did you use? Also, did you sand the battery cover and primer before painting it?
That looks really good, what paint did you use?
Although I admit adding a second battery wouldn't be to my aesthetic tastes.
"I hate how thw top speaker is black"
I don't understand? You mean the top where the hdmi is?
White did look really nice, its has to be the right kind of red for it to look good.
And thanks for the compliment.
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Although I admit adding a second battery wouldn't be to my aesthetic tastes.
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I'm thinking after I make a perfect cut, I will fiberglass a cover for it (round it out around the battery). Than sand it SMOOTH and paint it any color I want. It will look OEM for sure. And will be NICE to hold in the hand too! Will NOT be that thick at all. Will have DOUBLE the battery life.
If they come out with a 2800MaH(or higher) it will save me time in the soldering 2 batteries. All I will need to do is the fiberglass battery cover.
"Looks nice. What kind of paint did you use? Also, did you sand the battery cover and primer before painting it?"
It's a paint that sticks to just about anything, I only sanded the edges to help stick.
Btw, I had to remove the lens cover and the brushed aluminum google "plack" or whatever it's called. Otherwise it would not look oem because of the edges would have paint on them. Taped it up the first time when i painted it white and the edges looked terrible. Removing it looks like factory.
What paint did you use specifically?
JasjarMan said:
"I hate how thw top speaker is black"
I don't understand? You mean the top where the hdmi is?
White did look really nice, its has to be the right kind of red for it to look good.
And thanks for the compliment.
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the ear speaker directly above the tmobile logo and roght below hdmi yess. its just flat plastiv black and I like the chrome speaker accents most HTC devices have
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I know its been a while, but OP are you still around? I am wondering how you got the "plaque" off
I'd also be interested in what paint you used. I'd love to try out white on my wife's phone and black on mine.
Interesting that the type of paint is apparently a minor trade secret.
I would think that the type of paint made to stick to plastic models might work well. Testors brand, IIRC, is available in hobby shops. (Do not deliberately concentrate and inhale, you might end up like me!)
How easy was it to get the plaque off. Was it glued or some sort of sticky tape???
Looks like it came that way!!!
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That's sexy! I might look into that after I buy a 2nd OEM cover! Maybe even pain the brown accents on the phone black too?
Looks good!
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Yeah... fresh paint looks great. Lets see what it looks like in 6 no. Maybe you can post pics then to see how durable it is. Agree the brown back color sucks.
meh...
i want to do this to my g2x can someone tell me how i can do everything i dont want to mess it up and pay 30$ for a new back cover and what type of paint do you need etc
Hi, i had another tread i just don't know how to change the name , anyway if u want to take sharper picture's and video's then take the backcover off and you will see how much sharper it is I'll include one pic (8mp left) with cover on, and one without (5mp right).
you need to eat your bananas they're about to spoil...
The cover is kind of a pain to take off. It doesn't seem like it would last very long if it were taken off and on constantly.
Edit: I'm not sure if I see a difference or not?
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No I took the backcover off and put it in a Flex protective cover from tmobile and its still tight and nice.
samomamo said:
No I took the backcover off and put it in a Flex protective cover from tmobile and its still tight and nice.
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If you carry it around like that you're bound to scratch the lens or damage some other part of the phone before too long.
I have that same cover BTW, I really like it.
Spyvie said:
If you carry it around like that you're bound to scratch the lens or damage some other part of the phone before too long.
I have that same cover BTW, I really like it.
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Seriously? I think the cover makes this pretty phone look hideous.
jrwingate6 said:
Seriously? I think the cover makes this pretty phone look hideous.
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Agreed not the best looking cover in the world there. As for the pictures the second set seemed no different though the first did. Curious Sam, are you running a custom rom or the original software?
I noticed no difference on mine at all. Did you clean the back of the backcover?
samomamo said:
Hi, i had another tread i just don't know how to change the name , anyway if u want to take sharper picture's and video's then take the backcover off and you will see how much sharper it is I'll include one pic (8mp left) with cover on, and one without (5mp right).
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when you want to compare 2 pictures to make an example, the camera needs to be in a fixed position so you can get 2 pictures from the exact same lighting angle.
jrwingate6 said:
Seriously? I think the cover makes this pretty phone look hideous.
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I have a thing for symmetrical faux gator skin
I'm all stock
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i also have that cover. Its ugly yes but snug and good grip.
Well anyone tried?
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Found it on eBay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/151081812745?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
I need to see pics of it with the kickstand extended so I can see how it works in both horizontal and vertical modes. Can someone help me out?
Seller is like "huh".
EDIT: nevermind, I found better pics on this link. Looks like a pretty crap quality case. I'm gonna put it on my "heck no" list.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281115798259?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649