I want to get a different back cover/battery door for my Bionic that is a different color. (I kinda like having my devices look different). I spray painted my original Droid 1's housing when I had it apart because I had an extra set, but that project was messy and I really would just like to get an already painted cover that will look more professional. Does anybody know where I can get one? I do not want a case or skin.
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There's a lot of brands out there...any recommendations for a hard case company?
Well, not necessarily hard...but what I'm looking for is something that will allow me to keep my phone in its case when I use it. Even better if the keyboard can slide out.
I was thinking something along the lines of a flip case perhaps?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=376419
I got that one, does require you to open it for the screen or keyboard, but it's not bad.
Looks similar to the one I was going to buy;
http://www.seidioonline.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=859
Has anyone here ordered or used they're skin it offer when you guys received your myTouch?
or has anyone used skin it before and what did you guys think of it?
i have one on my g1, and just ordered a custom one for my MyTouch 3G.... I like them. they are very durable, easy to put on, and fit under the snap on clear cases i use. the stretch to go around bent corners and such, to stay smooth with no bubbles or wrinkles.
crxtasi said:
Has anyone here ordered or used they're skin it offer when you guys received your myTouch?
or has anyone used skin it before and what did you guys think of it?
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Personally, I wouldn't order a skin (hate the way the peel up), but I would order one of the custom shells. Know a girl that just got one a couple days ago and it's damn near melted on. . . it's not going anywhere. lol
I have a gel skin (case) from T-Mobile on my HTC Magic and it's alright. It doesn't fit as snug as I would like and it's a dust/lint magnet. Perhaps, that is the case with all gel skins though. Finally, the hole at the bottom covers up the microphone hole on the phone but ppl still hear me ok, so it doesn't seem to be a problem.
Overall, it does the job of protecting the phone.
It's not realy a skin. they actually print the image on a battery cover. Overall it's not bad. The image you use will have a lot to do with the quality of the printing. If you use the 25% off code it comes to about 17 bucks and change with shiping. For the price I am happy with mine. I am going to order another as soon as payday rolls around.
I ordered one but it was a custom image. It looked great online but terrible when I got it. They were extremely fast in replacing it but the second one looked really bad as well. The image quality was good but it doesn't really cover most of the phone so you have all these white spots where there is no coverage.
So they gave me a shell. This was much better but the image quality isn't that good.
All and all they were extremely nice and fast.
So the shell is actually another back plate printed with your design? I hope I read that right, because I have a crack in my back plate near where the camera is and it makes me nuts, I ordered my shell last week, now im just waiting....
I found a dummy phone is much cheaper than buying a new housing. So i was wondering would it be possible to take the housing off a dummy phone and put it on my phone?
In short - NO. Dummy phones are only designed to look the part on the outside. Inside, however, they are nothing like the real thing and are not filled with anything, some are solid to add weight only. I never seen a dummy phone that was suitable for housing replacement, no matter how much it replicated the real thing.
Housings are not so expensive at all; about 20 dollars,
Look at Ebay? http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=so..._nkwusc=sony+ericsson+xperia+x1+houing&_rdc=1
they are made of plastic. definitely not. Just go buy a replacement
MuratNL said:
Housings are not so expensive at all; about 20 dollars,
Look at Ebay? http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=so..._nkwusc=sony+ericsson+xperia+x1+houing&_rdc=1
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Has anybody tried this FASCIA housing wichm most of them are from HK or china?
I don't know how they are, and I'm afraid.From what I know OEM are better than fascia. Me also I would pay 25 usd on a housing or 30 on a full housing (with slider part also). What do you recomend?
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Has anybody tried this FASCIA housing wichm most of them are from HK or china?
I don't know how they are, and I'm afraid.From what I know OEM are better than fascia. Me also I would pay 25 usd on a housing or 30 on a full housing (with slider part also). What do you recomend?
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Fascia means FACEPLATE, it's not a brand or means anything else, so not OEM vs Fascia comparison, rather an original product or a copy. The thing is, the original had multiple problems by cracking and falling apart all by itself, no misuse or abuse was needed, so it doesn't actually even matter which one you take. In all other cases OEM would be better.
so OEM it is not original but is better than a copy. Yeah I know about the cracks of the original ones but reading here i understood that this "fascia" are worse and I could spend the money for nothing in the end because it wouldn't fit.
If you end up buying a new housing on eBay, expect lower quality.
I ordered a body, it came with everything except for the back of the LCD (the part that has the slider that connects both halves together). The battery cover was aluminum (but lighter, less reflective paint). The plastic was quite light, and on the keyboard, where the seam is for the silver sides and the center section, the join is visible, not as nice as the original. However, the fascia was aluminum (or some other metal) - probably the best quality thing of it all, although the camera and light sensor holes seemed frosted.
I never got to using this body, but I'll keep it as a spare in case something disastrous happens.
tl;dr: Expect lower quality from eBay, will do the trick, may have missing parts.
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!
We all know how lame the official cover turned out to be.
What I want to know is if anyone has seen (or made) a multifold case that actually snaps in to the back rather than encompassing an entire shell.
I'm 99% sure it doesn't exist, but from a DIY standpoint: can it be done?
To me this would be the perfect case.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239375.
Someone modified official cover to fold over. Its brilliant and would pay to get it. But unfortunately google cover is not foldable.. Doesnt look to difficult to modify though! I dont think anything exists officially.