I have a tilt that has a cracked screen and housing, other than that it works fine. I just had it replaced by AT&T so now I would like to sell the old one. It was only 3 weeks old when it broke (dog bit down on it once) and everything but the housing and screen are mint.
My question is; where is the best place to sell the tilt for parts? I really don't want to go through the ebay hassle for $100.
Thanks for the info...
Jeff
I am interested in buying it, would you pm me pictures of it?
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I've recently got on Xplore 1.1 and started upgrading my phone. By the looks of it, an O2 XDA Trion seems to be unlikely (availability and also some new developments) to reach my hands. I am considering getting a replacement fascia from eBay but am not sure which I should get and why. My phone works very well with the exception that the stylus is falling out (fixed temporarily by using the paper bag trick) and a few falls left the fascia chipped and scratched. The primary D-pad,call keys and soft keys seem a little dirty but they don't look too bad.
I am looking at this full housing which is at 40 pounds, and this A-grade (does this mean brand new or what?) housing without the d-pad and surrounding keys for almost 30 pounds.
Truthfully, I don't want to spend a lot but I am hesitant to send my device back as it works a treat (ht545 G3 unit so I doubt 4GB SD works but I never actually filled an entire GB so at worst I might get a San Disk High Speed 2GB mini SD later on). I am also intending to obtain a full Invisible shield for the wizard as it seems to be damn near impossible to find a black silicone case for the wizard (without the unbreakable screen cover; I just want to slap on a brando protector like the one I have on now).
So which of those two should I get and what the hell is A-grade?
I Bought a dummy wizard phone for 10$,
It worked just fine, all the part are exctly the same....
(i bought it from ebay , so try to have a look....)
good luck
Tom
Well that's a great idea but what do you call them exactly? I can't find such things?
AsGF2MX said:
Well that's a great idea but what do you call them exactly? I can't find such things?
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Yep they are called exactly that - Dummy Phones
Granted this is on the ebay us site, but it may help you out. They are cheap so maybe it would be less een with shipping than buying from a shop in the uk.
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&satitle=mda+dummy&category0=
jimmymotek said:
I Bought a dummy wizard phone for 10$,
It worked just fine, all the part are exctly the same....
(i bought it from ebay , so try to have a look....)
good luck
Tom
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Good idea but I think the housing of a dummy is glued. If not, then i would be interested on buying a HTC Wizard dummy (I dont like the cingular )
WizeMan said:
Good idea but I think the housing of a dummy is glued. If not, then i would be interested on buying a HTC Wizard dummy (I dont like the cingular )
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I bought a dummy phone thinking I'd be able to use the housing. Unfortunately I was wrong. There are numerous reasons why the one I've got wouldn't work: it's glued, but buttons don't all work, the mini-SD slot isn't cut through, etc.
If anyone would like the one I wasted my money on and you're willing to pay postage let me know.
Well, this morning I was searching for dummy phones and the only one I found was in Germany for around 30 Euros...thanks for the heads up that it won't work; you just save me from a major headache.
So once again, it boils down to the question which of those two I originally linked would be worth it (I sure as hell have no idea what A-grade means...should I ask the seller or...)?
A-Grade probably means premium quality...
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A-Grade probably means premium quality...
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Well that item is actually gone and I found these two off eBay as well...
this for around 28 pounds - original O2 Housing (says "EXCELLENT CONDITION ALL ROUND. LIKE BRAND NEW" so probably not brand new).
this for around 29 pounds which looks like a fake or at least is missing the O2 logo and is said to be 95% new (What's that mean?)
I don't have a T6 which the second one comes with and the first guy will throw in for an extra 2.99 - making both approximately the same price. So is the saving of 10 pounds, when compared with the brand new housing listed earlier, worth it?
Also found this keypad (d pad, soft key, call key and email) for another 10 pounds almost but as I only have one little ding...I doubt I need it.
EDIT: After a lot of thought, I am going to order from the guy above who has the XDA mini S cover (with O2 logo) and toss in 2.99 for the T6 screw driver as well). I am also going to get the black silicone case with that unbreakable cover. I just hope I'm making a good investment. As all in all, it'll cost me around 40 pounds (with the protector and all).
Now the only thing bugging me is how do I transfer the stickers and warranty labels cleanly?
Hey everyone
Basically Im wanting to change the housing/fascia on my Vario III to the TyTN II housing and was just wondering if anybody has any experience doing this and how easy/difficult it was?
Been searching the net for tutorials on how to do it but so far found nothing!
Also the only place i can find to buy the housing in the UK is ebay but i dont have a paypal account so paying for this would be difficult so would rather use somewhere that i can just use my debit card to pay for it.
Any help would be greatly appreciatted.
Regards
Jamzi
For realz yo.. Paypal be de most easiest ting to setup.
Is the Vario that ugly? I have taken a tilt apart (a friends dog chewed on the thing) and I would say that it's not worth doing unless you really need to.
I've swapped mine to a standard HTC case from a rather scuffed vodafone branded one. I decided to just replaced the front cover around the screen and the battery cover as the main body was fine and I really couldn't be bothered to strip the motherboard out.
Although now I've bought a seido slim case you can't see it anyway, but least it looks better if I want to sell it.
Unless yours is really bad its not really worth it but fairly easy to do if your quite used to that sort of thing and have the right tools.
G
why change...???? the buttons on the Vario 3 are the best!!! just gently scratch away the T-Mobile logo with a scalpel, if that`s what you don't like.
I did that and it lookes great.
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why didnt you bought a unbranded tytn in the first place...
it looks a little bit like car tuning, someone figures out his 1,1 liter engine is to small and decide to swap it with a 2.0 liter engine. at the end the cost are higher than buying a 2 liter in the fiirst place....
just scrap off the logo, flas a wwe rom on it and go. I think the cost and risk of damaging your fone are a lot higher then selling and rebuy a normal tilt...
I'll buy your vario III housing
id buy it as well, PM if you may want to trade or something. BTW: I have the OEM TyTn II Housing in great shape.
Im living in the Uk and managed to crack the screen on my kaiser. My insurance company will fix it/replace the phone but theres is a 50quid excess.
Iv searched the internet high & low for new LCD screens but aside from ebay iv struggled to find any. As for the ones on ebay they are all from hong kong & google has brought up a few horror stories from people who have used them.
Does anyone know where i could source a new lcd from, or any advice in general?
cheers guys
I cracked the screen on my kaiser a couple months back. I purchased an LCD off ebay (i may be able to find the seller and see if he has more). I received it within a week and fixed it myself. easy stuff. I wouldn't be too afraid.
so your insurance will charge you 50quid to replace it completely or 50quid on top of the price of the lcd?
cnn.cn has lcd's for $75.99 + shipping. I've had mixed results with them. Ordered about 3 things from them, all seperate orders, arrived on time and no complaints. But then ordered a 4th item (lcd for nokia n82) and the package arrived empty. I honestly think it got lost in customs cuz they tore the package open, but cnn.cn didnt reply to any of my emails so i just withdrew the payment with my bank.
£50 in total, inc shipping and parts. the £50 is just my insurance excess.
The phone is in very poor shape so imo id quite happily pay the £50 if they will send me a refurb phone!
poor shape how?
i sent my phone Tytn in or repa[ir on insurance with a cracked screen, they serviced it, cleaned it etc.
if you have insurance then use it! you won't be able to get a screen for less and then you'll have the hassle of fitting it.
whats the point in having insurance?
if your phone is in poor shape cosmetically and you are disappointed with that then look after your phone!!!
else report all faults in a one-er and get them fixed for one excess payment.
Hey guys, i`m trying to sell my Xperia X1 to move onto other cooler phones. But I need a new screen as this one has some nasty scratches on it , plus the <space> key has somehow broken (still working tough) and the case doesnt look that good.
So basically, i`m here to ask you where can I buy some good and cheap replacements (case, screen, keys) for my xperia, as I am in UK.
P.S. I want to trade it in plus some cash for another phone. Android or maybe an iPhone if anyone here is interested
Have phun!
Your best bet is to sell it as is. You won't make much, but u'll likely be better off financially than you would be buying a new housing and screen. There is no such thing as a cheap housing or cheap screen. If they aren't OEM, they don't fit or work properly.
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Your best bet is to sell it as is. You won't make much, but u'll likely be better off financially than you would be buying a new housing and screen. There is no such thing as a cheap housing or cheap screen. If they aren't OEM, they don't fit or work properly.
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definately with the don't fit
bought a cheapo one, almost broke my phone >.<!
ended up buying a proper oem one from cnn.cn anyway!
So I found a replacement housing for my new (to me) Hero on Ebay and was wondering if that's a fair price or if I can get new parts for cheaper someplace else. I wanna make this thing look brand new. The screen is perfect so all I'd need to replace is the housing.