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[Q] Brushing the chrome rim?

Hey is it possible to brush the metallic part of the sgs like the iphone?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtLSeVx_q1I
Thanks!

it's possible because as soon as i saw this post, i went out to get myself a rough sponge and electrical tape and just did it.
but careful not to scrub too hard or the "metal" surface might just get scrubbed off completely, exposing the plastic underneath

Can you please share some pictures?

That's hell nice, but yes, cheap Samsung only put Chrome paint on the bezel, it's black plastic underneath.

Damn, so if we brush the chrome we'll get black plastic? Doesnt look good right?

sorry i do not have a camera other than my galaxy s, apologies...
you can brush the chrome, just dont brush too much/deep
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Try it with a mirror and the front-camera just kidding
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Hi,
I don´t wanna ruin mine even more. Is there a store who sells these things?

That guy talks too much...
I wouldn't recommend doing this. A mentioned, our bezel is plastic.
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Had a look at different videos on youtube. I prefer the outcome to the cheap shiny look. Maybe I´ll give it a try after all.
Can s.o. confirm that the plastic underneath is black. Cause if all fails, I wouldn´t mind a black bezel.

It's a dull grey/black. Parts of mine are scratched off and yea, it isn't exactly pretty.
Edit: After closer inspection, it may not be half bad; it just won't be shiny. May or may not look better than a cheap, scratched chrome bezel.

The problem is... There ain't a metallic rim in Galaxy S...

I don't know why but i have this feeling its a creamy white bezel instead of black plastic. so be prepared..

[Q] Chrome Bezel

I dropped my phone yesterday and scratched the chrome bezel that goes around the from of the phone. Where can I get a replacement part or is there any way to repair it?

your best bet is to just put a cover on it, its not easy to change, this cover is good, it covers the bezel
http://www.daydeal.com/product.php?productid=45703&cat=5483
or get an otterbox which is more expensive
http://www.daydeal.com/product.php?productid=50482&cat=5483

Or the body glove
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Is there any site i could get the part from? I've changed the housing on my HTC Hero from sprint many of times how much harder could it be?

dont really know all i can say is try and google it, or you could put a case on it

Someone put up a tutorial a while back to flat black it out.. it was some black magic though idk how he did it lol but stealthy looking
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mbernusg said:
Someone put up a tutorial a while back to flat black it out.. it was some black magic though idk how he did it lol but stealthy looking
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o man. that would be awesome. im going to search for it now. lol

This sounds like a CRAZY idea, but I build plastic models, so this might actually work.
Maybe you can try masking off everything on your phone except for the bezel then sand it down til all the chrome is gone (low grit to higher grit for a smooth finish). After cleaning all of it up, use any color spray paint you want to repaint the bezel. You might need primer for it, depending on what kind of paint you use. Maybe topcoat it as well to protect the paint. Just make sure you spray in very light coats and it shouldn't run underneath the masking tape.
Obviously, this will take a lot of work, but that's the only thing I can think of if you can't find spare parts.
Also, the person mbernusg mentioned in his post might've done something similar. Just a random guess though.

Hi,
this is the only thing I could find about bezel replacing:
http://www.freneticrapport.com/2011/05/samsung-gt-i9000-galaxy-s-touch-screen.html
NOTE: HE KILLED THE SCREEN, but I believe it could be done successfully!

[Q] Camera ring paint chipping. Anyone tried to remove the paint?

Hi,
My blue camera ring has lost some of it's blue paint. Underneath it's silver and to be honest I think it would look a lot better in silver.
Any suggestions to what I can use to remove the paint?
Thanks.

Anything you use to remove the paint will run the risk of scratching the camera lens, except maybe your finger nail.
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so everything chips then... after the black ceramic chipping, now its the paint on the camera on the grey.... next its going to be the grey anodised paint... etc
maybe they should have left it bare aluminium..

vasp3690 said:
so everything chips then... after the black ceramic chipping, now its the paint on the camera on the grey.... next its going to be the grey anodised paint... etc
maybe they should have left it bare aluminium..
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I haven't had any chipping, or other issues. I think why it seems common is because of the nature of these forums. People come here looking for answers, and when you have no problems, you don't need answers.
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Thumbs up for this.
Reading here shurely lets people think this device is kind of crap and so they won't buy it. Which isn't true at all, as all the others having no problems with the one s don't/can't complain about it.
I had no trouble with my device, after four weeks it still looks like out of the box, everything is working fine, many things even better than expected. Accidentially i scratched across my devices upper edge with my fingernails. Expecting the worst i found only some rests of my fingernail which i could wipe away...
ot on ----
I think about complaing to somebody about the poor quality of my fingernails which I expected to be as sharp as wolverines. Maybe my parents or the guy who created this world or to whomever.
ot off ----

Fredriksen said:
Hi,
My blue camera ring has lost some of it's blue paint. Underneath it's silver and to be honest I think it would look a lot better in silver.
Any suggestions to what I can use to remove the paint?
Thanks.
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You could try rubbing with a sugar cube.. I've never used that method but I've read it works really well for getting stuff off glass and such. Try looking that up.

Some people just need to learn how to take care of their phone.
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LikeaG2root said:
Some people just need to learn how to take care of their phone.
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Curious how this helps? You need post counts or something?
Things happen, no use worrying about what they "could have" or "should have" done. And it's a bit insulting to the OP for you to insinuate a lesson wasn't learned.
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rootrider said:
Thumbs up for this.
Reading here shurely lets people think this device is kind of crap and so they won't buy it. Which isn't true at all, as all the others having no problems with the one s don't/can't complain about it.
I had no trouble with my device, after four weeks it still looks like out of the box, everything is working fine, many things even better than expected. Accidentially i scratched across my devices upper edge with my fingernails. Expecting the worst i found only some rests of my fingernail which i could wipe away...
ot on ----
I think about complaing to somebody about the poor quality of my fingernails which I expected to be as sharp as wolverines. Maybe my parents or the guy who created this world or to whomever.
ot off ----
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Droidificator said:
I haven't had any chipping, or other issues. I think why it seems common is because of the nature of these forums. People come here looking for answers, and when you have no problems, you don't need answers.
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This is not actually the case. People who come in to read about problems in these forums, also notice that others have similar problems as they have and THAT is what develops the trend into what are the weaknesses of the phone. All phones will have weaknesses, and realistically everyone who buys one expects it. However we have to set a bar as to what is acceptable and what isnt. I think most of you will agree with me that it is unacceptable with normal everyday use(and i am not a carpenter, a metalurgist, a skyscraper window cleaner, just your average worker that goes to the office),is unacceptable to see scratches, chips, discolorations and things that you should eventually see at least after a year or more of use, especially in a phone that claims that is much more durable with it's either ceramic or anodising methods of development. It is also unacceptable to have a nokia N95 have it's rear plastic painted camera buttom discolor after a year at least chip away and HTC One S to have this done within a month.
Being reasonable, the phone itself, disregarding bugs that can easily be mended with an update, is brilliant. BUT it should deliver as advertised and since it doesnt, that is pure mislead of potential customers, which is a serious fault in advertising.
So back in the topic, discoloration of the rear camera ring color is only going to be saved with a case unfortunately and HTC would only be able to fix it for you, by sending it in for repair for cosmetic damage that you will pay.
I wouldnt try to remove the paint, as aluminium is very soft and even trying to remove it with a sharp object or a blade will make it worse. The best bet would be very high grit sandpaper to get an even surface, after you cover the plastic lens of the camera so as not to scratch that.

vasp3690 said:
This is not actually the case. People who come in to read about problems in these forums, also notice that others have similar problems as they have and THAT is what develops the trend into what are the weaknesses of the phone. All phones will have weaknesses, and realistically everyone who buys one expects it.
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You're right, in that they see a pattern developing, but what I was pointing out is that typically of the few having the issue, a larger percentage will post about it than of the many not having the issue. It makes it seem larger than it really is.
And yes, I also agree that the MAO coating issue is much larger than should be acceptable. I'm honestly not surprised, though. But this thread was about the camera ring, so I was speaking to that.
Just think about the MAO process. They're "burning" the outer layer of the aluminum (which try as they might isn't going to always be perfectly clean), which just puts a thin coat of carbon dust on it. But they're doing it with such great amounts of energy, the dust is fusing to its self creating a coating, that appears not to be fused to the aluminum body (not surprising) kind of like Teflon in a frying pan (it's held in by the lip of the frying pan and grooves in the pan, it's not attached to the pan in any significant manner). Carbon, especially super thin carbon, is very brittle, so the coating resists scratches like a champ, but impacts not so much. And any tiny little separation or imperfection between the coating and the body will only make it that much less impact resistant.
I don't know how this escaped a highly educated team of engineers over at HTC, but it hasn't escaped me and it's why I gladly snapped up the grey version without complaining the MAO wasn't available in the US.
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Droidificator said:
You're right, in that they see a pattern developing, but what I was pointing out is that typically of the few having the issue, a larger percentage will post about it than of the many not having the issue. It makes it seem larger than it really is.
And yes, I also agree that the MAO coating issue is much larger than should be acceptable. I'm honestly not surprised, though. But this thread was about the camera ring, so I was speaking to that.
Just think about the MAO process. They're "burning" the outer layer of the aluminum (which try as they might isn't going to always be perfectly clean), which just puts a thin coat of carbon dust on it. But they're doing it with such great amounts of energy, the dust is fusing to its self creating a coating, that appears not to be fused to the aluminum body (not surprising) kind of like Teflon in a frying pan (it's held in by the lip of the frying pan and grooves in the pan, it's not attached to the pan in any significant manner). Carbon, especially super thin carbon, is very brittle, so the coating resists scratches like a champ, but impacts not so much. And any tiny little separation or imperfection between the coating and the body will only make it that much less impact resistant.
I don't know how this escaped a highly educated team of engineers over at HTC, but it hasn't escaped me and it's why I gladly snapped up the grey version without complaining the MAO wasn't available in the US.
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i will agree to that. I would assume a thread of one or two people having a problem will easily burn out, while one that has over 75 pages will probably show something more, even if it is similar people reposting.
i too knew that the ceramics tend to respond that way. Ceramic coating is widely used in automotive industry to improve performance in exhaust manifolds keeping the heat inside, but are very prone to chipping which is why they are very careful when assembling them.
I was amazed that this tech. was used on a phone and i trusted HTC with their tests. I was wrong, which is why i didnt go for the grey either,as i didnt like the color+ as an alloy itself being anodised means absolutely nothing when it comes to resistance in scratces. Sure it will not chip, as it doesnt have any coating, but anodising is merely to avoid corrosion, not for any other purposes. So the grey one will scratch easily(and we know that alloy is very soft), and it will loose it's color for it.
So instead of this fancy bodies, i went for a plastic phone!

Hairline cracking

Knew it was an issue.... Check the bottom of your phone of the white face I have multiple hairline fractures you can only see in the right light.... It looks like the cracking on clear coat paint job. Does any one have this problem.???

twayneo said:
Knew it was an issue.... Check the bottom of your phone of the white face I have multiple hairline fractures you can only see in the right light.... It looks like the cracking on clear coat paint job. Does any one have this problem.???
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Not to be a smartass, but it just sounds like you're describing scratches. There is no clear coat paint job. They buffed the edge to a gloss, the color is all the way through.
If you could post some pics though it'd be great.

PICTURE
i took multiple pictures and the camera i have at any angle cannot capture the cracking, they are very small in length but there is about 10 of them in parallel to each other and they are not scratches the phone has been in a case i can tell they are cracking i was referencing a cars paint job, when they spray clear coating on the car sometimes you can see cracking it looks like that. the picture is of one side of the phone the other side has a few cracks as well i cannot tell if the cracking is throught the entire thickness of the unibody or not.... you have to look very hard to see them with your eye but once you see them they are unmistakeable. to see the cracking you have to turn the phone to catch the right light. do you think it is worth it to return the phone? i just dont know how the polycarbonate works, if it all a uni body or do they spray something on top of it that could be cracking

That picture sucks.

Stop polluting the internet.
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I have this problem as well. There was a thread earlier in the week where someone had the same problem but its so small and I barely see it in pitch blackness that I could really care less. Also, I have light leakage at the top of my screen and again, not a huge deal. Some people just expect perfect manufacturing, as is normal for the obscene amount this phone is worth retail.
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Eun-Hjzjined said:
Stop polluting the internet.
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Your post was far more pollutive than OP's. He has a genuine concern and is sharing it with the community, which is exactly what the general forum is for. Why don't you take your bull**** back to the Galaxy Note forums, it's not needed here.
@OP- That sucks, I would definitely take it back and get a replacement. I refuse to settle for anything less than a perfect device and you shouldn't either. It is a brand new phone and will only get worse over time. These things are expensive as hell and manufacturing defects are not acceptable at all.

I hear ya bro I'm particular about my phone I'll prolly return it I expect flaws on refurbish but not new phones. but my concern was it was going eventually chip u just can't get a picture of them they are so small. Thanks for all your replies it's much appreciated and I'll be sure not to pollute the internet too much I know liberals might want to save the DNS servers.

Sorry, but I see nothing. The polycarbonate on top shouldn't have anything on top that can crack. If it's serious to you, just try to return it, no harm in asking.
But if that's your only issue, stick with it, you may end up with a real problem.

Haha I think I just Pee'd a little. Really? Nothing that duct tape wont solve.

Ok... what I posted earlier was meant to be sarcasm. Sorry if I offeneded anyone.
Looking at my wifes One X I just noticed something simmilar near the sim card bay. Looks like a deep scratch.
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How to replace I9001 chrome bezel.

It's my first post so I would like to say hi to everyone,
I would like to replace the chrome bezel from my device. It's all scratched and it doesn't look good. I know that some people are just removing the "chrome" paint and sand it but in my case plastic underneath is light gray so it won't look good in my opinion.
I've read that screen is glued to the bezel and it's not so easy to do it that's why it would be great if someone could write step-by-step tutorial how to do it or to share his experience. Is it possible to do it at home without damaging the device?

i am also looking to change the bezel. From what i have found out so far the home button and the touch buttons (menu and back) are attached to the bezel. Also those buttons are glued to the screen and the screen itself glued to the bezel and the housing underneath it. So it should be very difficult and risky to try to change it. Most people in these forums agree that it is impossible to remove the screen without breaking it.
I can't really believe it is impossible to do it, and all who reported on it have tried to replace broken screens so maybe they were not careful enough. On the other hand no one has claimed to successfully removing the screen without damaging it.
Better be safe and hide the ugliness behind a case or something

So i decided to sand the chrome away in mine first to see if can get it look good and thus avoiding the hussle of opening the case
here are some photos of my work so far. Now i need to polish it

It looks really good with your white backplate... but I prefair to keep my phone black

How did you remove the chrome.. Sand it away? i tried scratching it off but it too risky in some places
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i used a nail file to sand the chrome away. I covered the edges of the screen with some tape to prevent scratches and also had a screen protector on just in case.
Just jam the tape in the gap between the bezel and he screen, you 'll be fine.
Also patience is highly advised

It looks prety good.

where did you get the white backplate from

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WHITE-BAT...K_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item3cc4149074

how much to pay?

It look very nice with white bezel.nice work!

my s plus was white to begin with,i didn't change that.
actually the bezel is grey and not white, it doesn't look all that great up close but it's still better than the damaged chrome.
i mean to paint it glossy white to match the backplate as much as possible but i am still looking for the right paint.
i will come back and upload more photos when done
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It's very nice

How about paiting the border black after you sand it down? I'm thinking of doing this with some spray paint.

keeekeeess said:
How about paiting the border black after you sand it down? I'm thinking of doing this with some spray paint.
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Give us news : did it work, how is that ?

My chrome has wore off as well. i have a case that covers the either side of the phone but would love to know if they could be replaced safely.

tomsi191 said:
So i decided to sand the chrome away in mine first to see if can get it look good and thus avoiding the hussle of opening the case
here are some photos of my work so far. Now i need to polish it
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Thank you for this post. It gave me the confidence to try this on my back SGS.
On the corners of the bezel, the paint had chipped off making the phone look ugly. So I used my nails and blunt side of the blade to chip away the paint.
I found out that there are 2 layers of paint on top of the bezel. First is the black glossy paint which actually chips off.. Underneath that is the silver shade. This cannot be chipped off. You have to use your nails to make it go away. But later I figured out aftershave liquid just does fine and easy job. So maybe alcohol or nail polish remover would also work.
Since I used my nails and blunt blade, there are no signs of roughness or scratches on the surface except for 1 or 2 which is barely visible. So thankfully no need of polishing. The device looks much better now. :thumbup:
If you have figured out about the painting the bezel, let us know. Thanks!
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