Anyone know anything about the new iPhone case material being switched to a new type of material called Liquid Metal? I heard a rumor and was wondering if their was any validity to it.
hmmmm... this site is a bit in favor of other phones... like htc phones. lol
i never heard of it. google is great for stuff like that.
Yeah- I know... I have an HTC myself but am very curious about Liquid Metal and its applications. I got excited about it when I heard that Apple was looking at it... thats all
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquidmetal
Liquid Metal
I had a first generation sansa e270. It was the one with a liquidmetal back plate. DID NOT SCRATCH. Granted, however, only the backplate was liquidmetal.
It died because the dock connector started throwing power surges whenever i plugged it in. Shame that wasn't liquidmetal.
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Ok, so I wanted the damn Fender edition MyTouch 3G, but I had to nag a certain boyfriend to get off his butt and order it (since our T-Mobile account is in his name) for weeks, and by the time I got him to do it it was out of stock.
I've been watching ebay, but new in box ones go for $300-400, and that's a bit steep for me. However, I saw someone selling the Fender edition housing and chassis and shipping from Hong Kong, and T-Mobile is selling the MyTouch 3.5mm for $50 with contract at the moment, so I figured what the hell, I'd trade in my old Wing (Which has been acting flaky for a while now) and get a standard MyTouch 3G 3.5mm version, get the Fender housing, and voila, I have the phone I want!
So I've gone ahead and ordered both and only now realized I don't know for sure how to do the replacement.
I know there are threads about Magic housing replacements, but the Magic and the MyTouch have different housings. I'm assuming the MyTouch 3.5mm should work perfectly with the Fender edition housing since the 3.5mm is basically the Fender edition without the Fender branded housing.
But has anyone done this specific replacement? Is there a walk through or video somewhere?
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Ok, so I wanted the damn Fender edition MyTouch 3G, but I had to nag a certain boyfriend to get off his butt and order it (since our T-Mobile account is in his name) for weeks, and by the time I got him to do it it was out of stock.
I've been watching ebay, but new in box ones go for $300-400, and that's a bit steep for me. However, I saw someone selling the Fender edition housing and chassis and shipping from Hong Kong, and T-Mobile is selling the MyTouch 3.5mm for $50 with contract at the moment, so I figured what the hell, I'd trade in my old Wing (Which has been acting flaky for a while now) and get a standard MyTouch 3G 3.5mm version, get the Fender housing, and voila, I have the phone I want!
So I've gone ahead and ordered both and only now realized I don't know for sure how to do the replacement.
I know there are threads about Magic housing replacements, but the Magic and the MyTouch have different housings. I'm assuming the MyTouch 3.5mm should work perfectly with the Fender edition housing since the 3.5mm is basically the Fender edition without the Fender branded housing.
But has anyone done this specific replacement? Is there a walk through or video somewhere?
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if your boyfriend is to lazy to drive to t-mobile then he is gonna be to lazy to swap the housings, and if you attempt it yourself you'll probably break the phone so your you should just stick to the phone you got from t-mobile and not swap them.
I'm not sure why you would think I intended to have my boyfriend do the replacement. I intend to do it myself, and have from the beginning.
My housing still hasn't arrived, but it should do so soon. The seller gave a shipping time estimate of 7-15 business days. When I do the replacement I will take pictures and post a walkthrough, since no one else seems to have done so. I build my own computers, and have done some electronics work (I fixed my DVD player when one of the capacitors in its internal power supply died, by desoldering and removing the old capacitor and soldering in an equivalent replacement) so I figure I can probably handle this.
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I'm not sure why you would think I intended to have my boyfriend do the replacement. I intend to do it myself, and have from the beginning.
My housing still hasn't arrived, but it should do so soon. The seller gave a shipping time estimate of 7-15 business days. When I do the replacement I will take pictures and post a walkthrough, since no one else seems to have done so. I build my own computers, and have done some electronics work (I fixed my DVD player when one of the capacitors in its internal power supply died, by desoldering and removing the old capacitor and soldering in an equivalent replacement) so I figure I can probably handle this.
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ok well good luck on the screen. let me know how it works out for ya.
Seems like you are a tech geeky gf. Anyway, just buy a set of security screw mini bit set. Cause for the phone on most smart phone uses either mini or macro security screws. Get a set from home depot. What I am worry is, I ran across two interior hardware setup for both fenders and mytouch 3.5mm edition while cleaning the interior of my phones. (Got a ass sister like to drop in washing machines ).
What I meant is, your case you order maybe off set on some screw holes or just do no fit.
You might notice those housing are not Genuine housing partz. Maybe more flimsy and break easier.
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Well, as you can see here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150485093942
The kit comes with a set of tools, which I'm assuming should cover things. Otherwise I do have a bunch of electronics screwdrivers laying around somewhere. Honestly from the looks of the kit and how complete it is (Assuming it's not just a total scam) my guess is that whatever company in China or Taiwan they have producing service kits for T-Mobile is selling them out the back door.
It could be a cheap knock-off of course, but it doesn't seem to be. I guess I'll see when it comes, along with whether or not the screw holes line up. At worst I can always rebay it, and it was only $27 anyway. I think I can download a service manual for my phone from T-Mobile that includes disassembly and re-assembly instructions.
And yes I'm something of a geek, or at least I'm good with my hands. I make furniture. Since all the nice custom OEM docking stations and car docks for the MyTouch seem to have long since sold out and been discontinued, I'm thinking of getting a block of burl wood of some sort, and a set of mini USB connectors, and carving my own. It would match the dash in my Town & Country better that way anyway. Plus if the design worked out I could sell them
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Well, as you can see here:
The kit comes with a set of tools, which I'm assuming should cover things. Otherwise I do have a bunch of electronics screwdrivers laying around somewhere. Honestly from the looks of the kit and how complete it is (Assuming it's not just a total
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not trying to be mean, but you do understand how it works swapping out the housings?
it'll be easy taking the back part off, after that the screen will not be easy, and really time consuming if even possible. there is a digitizer glued onto the housing, so unless your capable of removing the digitzer successfully, and reapplying it in working order i wouldn't suggest it.
Well, several other people have posted that they have swapped their housings successfully, so I'm hopeful.
Finished a couple days ago (Been having too much fun with it to post about it). It wasn't very hard. Only separating the screen from the faceplate was even a little bit tricky, and that was no big deal.
The sapphire service manual PDF from HTC that you can find on these forums is all you need, and most of the steps on it aren't even needed.
I was going to make a walkthrough, but when I went to take it apart I realized my phone is my only camera, and I didn't want to wait for my boyfriend to get home from work so that I could use his phone.
The only real annoyance was that the housing kit I got from ebay didn't have the little clear plastic piece that goes across the hole in the battery cover that the camera snaps pictures through, or the mesh looking thing that covers the speaker port. But I got out my hobby knife kit, which had a tool in it that was perfect for peeling those things off my old battery cover, and the adhesive from that stuck to the new battery cover fine, so that took care of that.
Oh, if anyone wants a stock black MyTouch 3G faceplate and battery cover, I'll sell 'em cheap
Hope to see at least pics, I'd love to do this on my 1.2 as well, dirt and dust is too easy to see on my stock black housing xD
Does anyone actually hang those B&N charms off of their NC? It reminds me of the the fad in Japan where people hang all kinds of trinkets off of their cell phones.
I was thinking of putting a paracord wrist strap or something on mine but the Aegis case kind of makes that difficult now.
How about one of these!
Super Bio-Tech Mobile Plant Cell Phone Strap
http://www.strapya-world.com/categories/12_71_1175.html
Heh. Yeah, those are kind of neat. But $12.50 is too much!! You can get the same ones on Dealextreme.com for $2.30 for 2. I had them sitting on my desk at work for months. All of mine eventually developed a mold inside the bottle and killed the plants.
Nusarpy
Call me insecure with my sexuality... But I just couldn't live with the idea of giving my nook color a bracelet, let alone of a plant...
If they would make the strap one large enough for you to get your arm through I could see using it when reading in bed to keep it from falling if you fall a sleep.
I bought a green charm for mine, it's my favorite color.
I waited for employee appreciation day and received 40% off. I like it.
Our digital sales lead told me it's only the second charm they've ever sold... Lol
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15414302&postcount=34
I bought the green one few months ago. Maybe I was the first one to buy haha. Anyway, this kind of charm are pretty popular in Asia. Both male and female hang them on their phones or keys. I have no problem with it!
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Hey everyone,
I just wanted to post some pics of a stand that I put together. At first I bought one from BoxWave that they had up labeled as a Bamboo NOOKcolor stand.
http://www.boxwave.com/nookcolor-cradles-and-mounts/bamboo-nookcolor-stand/bwpdd/tpt-zfkf
Since I purchased it, they have changed the image on there website, though. Originally it was pretty misleading on the dimensions of the stand. I paid $30 for this thing and really it's only meant for a cellphone. It's absolutely way too small to hold up the NOOKcolor without tipping over.
Anyway, I liked the design of it so I went out and bought a bamboo cutting board from Walmart for $20 and cut it up into a bunch of pieces. I made myself a cardboard template based on that smaller stand I originally bought. I stacked all the pieces and then glued them together. I don't have a band saw so I found this really nice guy who has a shop over at Etsy who agreed to cut it out for me. He really did an awesome job. The link to his shop is here
http://www.etsy.com/people/irishmanswoodworks
in case anyone wants him to make one for you.
After I got it back from being cut out I sanded it up a bit more, put several coats of Tung oil and glued on a piece of felt. I think it came out really nice in the end. I attached some pics, so let me know what you guys think
That looks Amazingly Simple to do.
That is really quite snazzy!
I love it! Great work!
The only wood I'm good at working is ......
LOL tooo easy.
It does look beautiful. Does he use other exotic woods and stains?
I supplied the glued up bamboo board for him to cut, but I'm sure he can make it out of whatever you would want.
What a sweet stand. It looks really nice.
This is exactly what I'm looking for! I use XBMC in my living room and my Nook color is my remote. Thing is it runs out of juice all the time since I keep it on 24/7 and its a pain to charge. I'd like to see you drill a small square hold in the center of the bamboo where it can "dock" and run it out the back USB. Then we can run the usb to the AC outlet/USB Charger and have a Charging Dock!
Thats pretty awsome
Great work!
Does anyone know where I could get a white back cover like the ones they had on the I/O Nexus 7 Devices? Off eBay or Amazon or wherever.
I'm looking for a replacement of the entire back cover, not something to go over it.
Thanks!
Doubt you'll see many third party rear covers, since the stock cover has all the wireless antennas mounted to it.
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Does anyone know where I could get a white back cover like the ones they had on the I/O Nexus 7 Devices? Off eBay or Amazon or wherever.
I'm looking for a replacement of the entire back cover, not something to go over it.
Thanks!
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no way you can get one- too triky installation and will cost a helf of a price you bought it..
i recommend a sticker if you really want a different backing..
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Nothing is attached to the back cover and it's not particularly complex. I popped mine off with a credit card - it's just a plastic cover, nothing special. Still, I suspect that the market for replacements would be pretty small, but who knows?
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Nothing is attached to the back cover and it's not particularly complex. I popped mine off with a credit card - it's just a plastic cover, nothing special. Still, I suspect that the market for replacements would be pretty small, but who knows?
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You didn't look very hard... it has at least the NFC antenna in it and if I recall other antenna connections as well. Look for the connectors that connect it to the back of the device.
Good lord, I'm a dumbass. You're right. But it doesn't seem like too much of a stretch to duplicate the antenna placements. I suspect, though, that there just wouldn't be enough demand.
It's like anything else, replacement parts are a narrow and usually expensive market. A replacement cover with the antennas would probably run double the coat of a regular replacement back. And that's once dealers get a demand big enough to warrant making them at all. -Ara
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Hehe well it was worth a shot
I'd love to get it to match my white HTC One X on AT&T but I guess not
thanks anyway!
One option would be to "Paint" the cover. With the correct paint types, it should be easy to do... I've no clue what those proper paint types would be, but it would need to be something that covers well, stays on and doesn't impair the use of all the antennas.
My daughter who makes toys might know. I'll ask her tonight.
Use a vinyl paint such as duplicolor or sem. That's how I painted my gnex and how I plan on painting the n7
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When I had my Xperia X1, I bought entire replacement housings for $30 on ebay, buttons and metal bits included lol. Cant the actual antenna itself be removed from the back cover and mounted on a new cover?
I dont see why this would be such an impossible idea.
Interesting, in removed my back cover a few times to pull the battery. Didn't see any connections. Guess I didn't look hard enough. What kind of connections? Metal pins I'm assuming
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I was wondering if you can hear a noise from the back casing when you hold the tablet from the right side with your fingers?
My white nexus 7 feels empty on that side, the rest of the tablet feels tight on all the other sides.
I appreciate it!
So I have been singing Seidio's praise since before I even got one. I love this case. I fully intended that when the Nexus 11 is released I would hold off buying it until Seidio released a case for it. But then today a tragedy has befallen me. The non slip bits on the cover are lifting off. Whether it is due to the days of hot weather here in England (up to 25.5°C in the house) I don't know. I had no idea until today that they were just like stickers.
Has anyone else had this happen? Anyone have any thoughts on it? I don't mistreat it, it never even leaves the house. I haz a giant sad.
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Mrs Hedgehog
Rock-&-Roll-Hedgehog said:
So I have been singing Seidio's praise since before I even got one. I love this case. I fully intended that when the Nexus 11 is released I would hold off buying it until Seidio released a case for it. But then today a tragedy has befallen me. The non slip bits on the cover are lifting off. Whether it is due to the days of hot weather here in England (up to 25.5°C in the house) I don't know. I had no idea until today that they were just like stickers.
Has anyone else had this happen? Anyone have any thoughts on it? I don't mistreat it, it never even leaves the house. I haz a giant sad.
Depressingly Yours
Mrs Hedgehog
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Hi mate,
This weather in England has been AMAZING, it got to 31.3 in my house I couldn't believe it, don't think I've ever seen a temp quite like this in the UK
Anyway back on topic, I think you've answered your own question, its probably melted the adhesive if you haven't seen this happening in general use, this is the only thing it could be put down to. Did you leave it in the window, or in direct sun-light etc?
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Hi mate,
This weather in England has been AMAZING, it got to 31.3 in my house I couldn't believe it, don't think I've ever seen a temp quite like this in the UK
Anyway back on topic, I think you've answered your own question, its probably melted the adhesive if you haven't seen this happening in general use, this is the only thing it could be put down to. Did you leave it in the window, or in direct sun-light etc?
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No never in direct sunlight or near a window. Surely it must be able to withstand temps of 25 though.