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[POLL] Did you remove the paint on your ear-piece?

It appears to be a very common problem that the black paint on the Captivate's ear-piece has a tendency to scratch off VERY easily.
I am curious as to know how many people actually got fed up with trying to repair this awful blemish; and decided to just scratch all the paint off to make it look better.
Personally I removed the black paint completely and kind of like the silver that remains.
What are your thoughts?

What? I've never heard anyone mention this. My paint is fine.

first I've heard of this, and mine is just fine as well.

The paint literally flaked off of mine just by rubbing my thumb on it.

No issues here, maybe you got a defective model?
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This is bizarre I've never heard of this happening lol

If my model is defective, I don't think they would ever replace it because it's physical damage.

no problem here either,,if they sound good your good to go

No issues for me, trim your ear hairs.............

Sqdnguns said:
No issues for me, trim your ear hairs.............
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I actually don't talk on the device very often, I'm more so a texter
Anyway, it was more from putting the phone in and out of my pocket:
Here is a picture I just took:
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Mine is fine and i carry it in my pocket with no case. I would think that the piece would be annodized and not painted. Probably got one with a bad grille. If you complain enough they may replace it - hard to say.

In all honesty, it literally started as a small chip in the "paint"; I touched that up with a sharpie.
Next day I had another chip, I rubbed it with my thumb and more came off - at that moment I decided to just rub the rest off and it just flaked away into dust.

Never thought of it....My phone is a tool not a piece of jewelery. Scratches and blemishes don;t bother me. I don;t use a s case and carry it in my pocket with keys and crap. I do use a screen protector though. As far as paint goes...Meh..not worth worrying about of "fixing"

Generic Chinese Screen Protector comparison

Reading the terrible Zagg reviews I thought I'd look at the generic screen protectors that come at 1/20th the cost.
I didn't buy an HTC one but had a couple of iPod ones that came with a case years ago. I cut it into a square and fitted it to half the screen.
It was very easy to fit, clean the screen with your glasses cloth or any such thing, use something solid and dust free to fan away any dust that lands, E.g. a credit card, peel off the bottom tab and place on. It was simple enough pushing the bubles to the edge with the card or fingernails.
I saw people were worried about the guard changing the colour slightly or making it fuzzy and even making it more greasy than normal so I took some photos to show you. They feel like plastic, not like the screen but they're not sticky and they come clean off. Obviously the guard is on the top of the screen and the edges are rough because it's hard to cut.
Let me know what you think, I rekon I'll get a couple and see how it goes as they're only 50p and work great.

Its a very big spam i have latest zagg full body protector and its purfect...
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kuceens007 said:
Its a very big spam i have latest zagg full body protector and its purfect...
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I hope so but there's a whole thread of dissapiontment and thats a lot of fake accounts just to sell rival screen guards.

I will put pictures tommorow of my scr protectors
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Photos have been taken with my girlfriends hd mini
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kuceens007 said:
Photos have been taken with my girlfriends hd mini
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Nice, never liked the back cover though

What you guys think of this Case?

For the past few days ive been trying to find a good case that doenst.. destroy the htc sensation.
then i found this..
http://www.amazon.com/Smoke-Rubber-Sensation-Pyramid-Electromaster/dp/B005524FFE
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anyone... tried one of these? well i posted the purple color so people could see it better
SIGH! i cant wait till SGP or Realook make some good (dry) application screen protectors for this phone.

I have the "clear" version on the way now. I will post more about it when it arrives.
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hmm when did u purchase it and when was it shipped? just out of curiosity.

vvilliamm said:
hmm when did u purchase it and when was it shipped? just out of curiosity.
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I ordered it Thursday or Friday and got it today. The fit is perfect. The buttons are cut out in such a way that they stick through the case (rather than being covered) and I like that. It makes them easy to press but harder to press by accident than the rubber cases that cover the buttons.
If I have one complaint it is that the one in the picture looked more clear. This one has clear spots but the pattern is opaque and not very subtle. I was hoping for less of a pattern and more of the phone's natural beauty to show through.
All total I am satisfied. I ordered a black case (the one with the swirl on the back) the same day so I will see which one I like more when it gets here. I suspect I will like the look of the black one better so I hope the fit is as good as this one.

i have one of these on my xoom. Quality is superb

I just got the black one and I like the way it makes the phone feel
feels a lot better then the tmobile one and I like that the holes are cut out were there suppose to be
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My white LG thrill

After a long night of disassembling and painting and reassembling ... I now have a white phone. It looks and feels great!!
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Pretty snazzy eh.
Tutorial :
TAKE YOIR TIME!
HAVE A GOOD SLOT OF TIME TO DO ALL THIS LIKE 5 HRS!!
For best results disassemble the phone to strip it as best you can. There are plenty of tutorials for that on YouTube.
Sand it Down. The purpose is to have a surface the paint can stick to. I used 200 grit.
Tape up the phone all the parts you don't want to get pain.
For the screen you don't have to worry too much the paint scraped off easy with a plastic hard edge...
I used a quick dry spray paint.
Grey primer first two coats of white and one coat of clear.
Let it dry for at least 30 min. Between coats. Don't do the coats too heavy..
Now the phone may possibly have a sort of sticky feel when you hold it. But that's okay if you followed my steps it should never come off on your hands or loose its shine.
If you ever get a bad dent or screw it up or you just dont like the look...
There is no harm in doing it all over. Best to redo the entire process. Including resanding it back down to the primer should do.
TAKE YOUR TIME!!

actually looks pretty darn good, now i want to do something like this lol

I actually just dropped it and the back of it dented the paint a bit. Oops
Edit: NM its good
And so I have spoken it.. and so it shall be.

Wow,this looks awesome. What paint did you use? Give us a little tutorial. :-D Good work btw... ;-)
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Wow nice job
Would you mine telling me what paint you used?
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Tutorial added...
And so I have spoken it.. and so it shall be.

It is beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Which color?!!

Greetings,
Which color to choose for XZ Premium?
Have you decided already?

samteeee said:
Greetings,
Which color to choose for XZ Premium?
Have you decided already?
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Yes, pre-ordered black.

indesisiv said:
Yes, pre-ordered black.
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Ya, black is looks good but the chrome looks ok too, kinda.

Definitely Chrome (unusual+classy+useful mirror+no scratched paint+less heat under the sun) [emoji4]

Will get the black one, to replace my Nexus 6P.

Pre-ordered the black one. None of the available pictures really show what either of them looks like as if seeing them in person. I was interested in the Chrome one at first because the pictures made it look good. But in reality, after reading several reviews from those who have held it in hand, it is basically like having mirrors on the front and back. Too distracting...too much "bling" for me. So even though the Deep See Black is certainly reflective it has to be better than the Chrome. Even the official Sony Mobile site makes them look more matt than highly reflective. Can't wait to see them in person.

Hardest decision I have to make in my life haha but leaning toward the black one cuz it looks like it shows a blue hue in the sunlight

I'll be getting the bronze pink for my Chinese girlfriend in Shanghai to replace a old LG phone

I'll go with black

Silver

black *

Black

Blaxk indeed

Is the black one painted, is scratches and dings along the side will show silver? That might be one benefit of the silver. Still debating....

I'll be putting a case on it, so not that bothered. I'll probably take the deep sea black because I don't want to keep seeing my reflection in the chrome bezel!

Chrome
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Silver? no such color....you must mean Chrome

dhonzik said:
Silver? no such color....you must mean Chrome
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You must be a riot at parties.

Is black really black or is it dark blue? I find the name deep sea black a little confusing. ..
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Went with the Chrome one. Ordered a clear very thin case for it. All the color look really nice. Difficult choice.