Hi Is there any way that we can change the silver line of Galaxy Ace. Too Many scratches already. I don't know how I can make this new again other than buying a new one. )
I also want/need it, mine's too old.
I think that is body shell..
I've ask at servis centre n the price is about half of secondhand ace..
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About 15 USD on eBay
Whoa!! I wanted that too. Mine has a lot of dents and scratches.
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About 15 USD on eBay
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Could you please put the link to the article???
thanks in adavnce
I spray painted mine from silve to glossy black. i Also have glossy black battery cover so it will loog f*cking awesome! I can upload picture when the paint is dry.
can you post the photos? thanks
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Aahh **** I just ****ed up my whole work.... Paint wasnt dry yet. Imma try to do the whole thing again in next week.
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zZzACEzZz said:
Aahh **** I just ****ed up my whole work.... Paint wasnt dry yet. Imma try to do the whole thing again in next week.
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ok.. thanks :laugh:
waiting so that i can do it too
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I use plastic/rubber cover for my ace, so it makes from my ace unbreakable/scratchable thing and you will never have to change the silver line
dom23 said:
I use plastic/rubber cover for my ace, so it makes from my ace unbreakable/scratchable thing and you will never have to change the silver line
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Hmm.... I don't actually think that it makes it "unbreakable" but saves your phone from many careless falls and bad in-pocket company such as keys or the like
I've mine with a combination of silicone/plastic cover and a screen protector too, although the latter is quite old and scratched but I don't want to peel it out yet until I can get myself a new one
I too had A LOT of scratches on it and decided too peel off the whole silver paint(or whatever it WAS) and now it looks better than before..I would post a screenie in about 2hours..
Hit THANKS if I helped somehow..
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I too had A LOT of scratches on it and decided too peel off the whole silver paint(or whatever it WAS) and now it looks better than before..I would post a screenie in about 2hours..
Hit THANKS if I helped somehow..
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How did you remove the paint? Where are the pictures?
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Hey all,
Does someone know a website where I can buy battery covers for my Ace? And with this I mean customs, nothing special, just a plain blue or red one for example, I'm kind of fed up with the standard black one.
Remcotjuuh said:
Hey all,
Does someone know a website where I can buy battery covers for my Ace? And with this I mean customs, nothing special, just a plain blue or red one for example, I'm kind of fed up with the standard black one.
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Im not sure about "custom made" but, I found some awesome one's here on Ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=samsung+galaxy+ace+back+cover&_sacat=0
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Im not sure about "custom made" but, I found some awesome one's here on Ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5197.m570.l1313&_nkw=samsung+galaxy+ace+back+cover&_sacat=0
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Thanks for helping, but I meant battery covers, not hard cases
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Buy a white one and spray paint it. There's nothing on ebay since they tend to sell the original samsung covers
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Buy a white one and spray paint it. There's nothing on ebay since they tend to sell the original samsung covers
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Hmm, my Samsung was delivered with another back cover which is white, so I'll see what I can do...
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Just sprayed it blue, another coat in two hours and I'll upload a pic asap
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Here the paint is still a little wet, it may be it'll turn a little lighter later. Some hair spray on it when it's dry for protection and it's done
Unbelievable what €2,- spray paint can do
Remcotjuuh said:
Here the paint is still a little wet, it may be it'll turn a little lighter later. Some hair spray on it when it's dry for protection and it's done
Unbelievable what €2,- spray paint can do
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Great work man! Not too sure about the hairspray, but give it a try xD
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Great work man! Not too sure about the hairspray, but give it a try xD
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It's the day after, and I already put it on my phone yesterday. With the hair spray it simply feels protected, it made the surface somewhat smoother, and gave my phone a weird scent, but that will fade away. Really happy with it, never thought the result would look this good. I'll upload a pic later, everytime I want to upload one now uploading fails
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It's the day after, and I already put it on my phone yesterday. With the hair spray it simply feels protected, it made the surface somewhat smoother, and gave my phone a weird scent, but that will fade away. Really happy with it, never thought the result would look this good. I'll upload a pic later, everytime I want to upload one now uploading fails
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You could try imgur.com
Here it is, still amazed by what €2,- paint and some hair spray can do ^_^.
It's about three weeks later and the paint still is doing very well. Some paint is lost around the edges because I had to take the cover off a few times and by moving the USB plug cover. The hairspray seems to tend to get loose either, but most is still on. It overall still looks great, except for some details as stated above
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you should buy some 1k paint lacquer isntead of hairspray, would last longer!
Hey,
After having a blue back cover I decided I wanted something else. First I cut an Android out of paper and sprayed this gold on the blue base coat, which didn't look that bad, but since it's hard to cut something such small out of paper it wasn't as good as I wanted it to be, so after a week I sprayed the complete back cover gold, which I think looks great!
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Hi guys,
I could not find a demo device from my local telco stores and based on what you have discovered, is HTC one silver or black version very slippery when holding it with one hand?
I used to have HTC one s grey version which had full aluminum unibody but that beauty was very slippery to a degree that I would drop it when pulling it from my jeans. So how is HTC one doing compared to one s grey version?
Thanks!!
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Only if you don't wipe the astroglide off your hands before making a call...
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Haven't looked at it yet but they say it's matte finished right? So I don't think it's slippery. Had 3 phones that's matte finished and all of them aren't.
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Haven't looked at it yet but they say it's matte finished right? So I don't think it's slippery. Had 3 phones that's matte finished and all of them aren't.
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I have seen the dummy black one in 3 store, it was not very slippery but the back was very smooth indeed. I am more concerning the silver one which I would probably get, just really want to know if that is the same as black one or more slippery cos I it seems like they are different finish.
Really want to preorder but cannot decide yet before I know how slippery one would be. Thanks for any help!!
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I have seen the dummy black one in 3 store, it was not very slippery but the back was very smooth indeed. I am more concerning the silver one which I would probably get, just really want to know if that is the same as black one or more slippery cos I it seems like they are different finish.
Really want to preorder but cannot decide yet before I know how slippery one would be. Thanks for any help!!
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Ohh sorry but I couldn't help you there. I didn't even get the chance to see the device other than on the internet. But thanks! I am buying the black one and glad it's great.
I've only held one briefly, but I did find it very difficult to keep hold of. It's the shape that's the problem - it's too thin at the sides, and because it's all curves and no edges there's nothing to get a grip on.
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I've only held one briefly, but I did find it very difficult to keep hold of. It's the shape that's the problem - it's too thin at the sides, and because it's all curves and no edges there's nothing to get a grip on.
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Thanks! Did you try the silver one or the black one? And do you know if they feel the same in hand?
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Hmm, held the silver one today, not too dissimilar to the desire HD. To be honest I dont recall it being slippy but I would have held it tighter than my own phone!
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The answer at least for silver is no. I held one and it felt fine. But everyone says the N4 is slippery but I don't think it is.
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Thanks! Did you try the silver one or the black one? And do you know if they feel the same in hand?
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Silver. I've not encountered a black one, but as I said it was the shape that was the problem, not the texture of the surface, and the black one is the same shape.
Something I should have said earlier is that I don't hold phones the way normal people do. I hold the phone in my left hand and operate it with my right index finger, rather than holding it in my right hand and using my right thumb. That may make a difference.
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Silver. I've not encountered a black one, but as I said it was the shape that was the problem, not the texture of the surface, and the black one is the same shape.
Something I should have said earlier is that I don't hold phones the way normal people do. I hold the phone in my left hand and operate it with my right index finger, rather than holding it in my right hand and using my right thumb. That may make a difference.
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Hey! That's cool & unique! BTW you mentioned it's all curves and no sharp edges. Is it really "all" edges? Even on the sides there's no edges?
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Hey! That's cool & unique! BTW you mentioned it's all curves and no sharp edges. Is it really "all" edges? Even on the sides there's no edges?
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That was perhaps a bit of an exaggeration, but yeah, it does feel rather like that in the hand.
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That was perhaps a bit of an exaggeration, but yeah, it does feel rather like that in the hand.
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I tried the dummy black the other day, given the fact that I have galaxy s3 at the moment, I have to say I felt harder/sharper edge than holding a s3.
Of course it could be all because the quality of dummy is no comparison to the real thing, that's why I am planning to go to Stratford westfield to try my luck if I could have my hands on a demo device today. will report back later.
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I tried the dummy black the other day, given the fact that I have galaxy s3 at the moment, I have to say I felt harder/sharper edge than holding a s3.
Of course it could be all because the quality of dummy is no comparison to the real thing, that's why I am planning to go to Stratford westfield to try my luck if I could have my hands on a demo device today. will report back later.
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Went to Stratford Westfield today, haha super happy got my hand on a silver demo device from 3 store. It felt much better than dummy phone I have to say, the edges are much smoother and surprisingly not as slippery as one s grey version!! I think this is because One is thicker than One s so it gives you better grip.
Overall very very very happy about the silver colour, may just preorder one tomorrow!!
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I have held three different devices now, I have not felt any slipperiness
It's similar to the Desire HD .. a bit slippery but not too bad!
I would recommend getting a nice case for it
Hi.
I have a question for u guys.
I really like the design of the phone and hate to bulk it up with case so i`m planning to use it naked.
The question is: how good the device hold up against scratches and chipping since i`ve seen what happen to black iphones after a while.
Thanks in advance.
Glezz said:
Hi.
I have a question for u guys.
I really kije the design of the phone and hate to bulk it up with case so i`m planning to use it naked.
The question is how good the devise hold up against scratches and chipping since i`ve seen what happen to black iphones after a while.
Thanks in advance.
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Sadly, the paint chips around the edges if you're not that careful - not that much, but tiny specks of silver
Using it with out case.... like it a lot over silver version.Forget about chipping get it for looks
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[Q] Question for black HTC One owners who don`t use cases.
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I'm not black, but I have a friend who is black and he owns an HTC One. I'll ask him.
Don't drop it.
Glezz said:
Hi.
I have a question for u guys.
I really like the design of the phone and hate to bulk it up with case so i`m planning to use it naked.
The question is: how good the device hold up against scratches and chipping since i`ve seen what happen to black iphones after a while.
Thanks in advance.
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I have been using it black since 6th July and without cover and no marks at all but I m the one never keep the phone down or at some ruff place always keep something like paper pad or on cloth to male sure it does not get any scratches
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123hiten said:
I have been using it black since 6th July and without cover and no marks at all but I m the one never keep the phone down or at some ruff place always keep something like paper pad or on cloth to male sure it does not get any scratches
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Don`t it loose color on the edges when u put it in and out of pocket all the time ?
I've had it for almost 3 months now, and I do have some silver spots on the back. Also one little dent.
The look is totally worth it TBH ;p
also, most of the silver spots on the back were actually caused by sand that got between the case and the phone in the first week haven't been using cases since.
Another thing, I've heard a black permanent marker actually hides the spots, but I have yet to try this.
No scratches here! 2 months.
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Get 0.5mm ultra slim case from Ebay
Do you have a link
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Do you have a link
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There are many of them, for example:
www[dot]ebay[dot]com/itm/Semi-Frost-0-3mm-Hard-TPU-Gel-Skin-Case-Cover-for-HTC-One-M7-Multi-Colors-select/231003060155?rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D261%26meid%3D38579747313259979%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D1088%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D200922770357%26
But i still prefer naked....
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Don`t it loose color on the edges when u put it in and out of pocket all the time ?
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No
just use a pouch http://www.mobilemadhouse.co.uk/con...1202_black_htc_one_pu_leather_pouch_case.jpeg
you will have a zero scratch naked phone when you use it :good:
Glezz said:
Hi.
I have a question for u guys.
I really like the design of the phone and hate to bulk it up with case so i`m planning to use it naked.
The question is: how good the device hold up against scratches and chipping since i`ve seen what happen to black iphones after a while.
Thanks in advance.
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I have the black and i'd say that the phone holds up fairly well when exposed to things that might scratch it
the phone's metal does not scratch that easily but the bezel of the metal acrually scratches fairly easily, so a bumbper might be of use but the phone is still usable. The back is also fairy easy to scrath if you use sandpaper and press it really hard but if its not scratched there might be a few marks that can be rubbed away easily using the right adhesive. Hope this helped! and also use a screen protector the glass is not gorrilla glass 3
I've got 2 small chips on the edge of mine, I've tried 2 different markers but both rubbed off eventually and they were slightly different shades as well. I have a nillkin hard cover on mine which doesn't add too much thickness
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Don`t it loose color on the edges when u put it in and out of pocket all the time ?
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So far I haven't noticed any such marks
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Hi fellas..
Now that back covers have slightly reduced prices on Ebay, I decided to take the plunge.
Ordered a white back cover for my black G2 and here are the pics.
I think it looks pretty neat and fingerprint visibility on the white one isn't that high.
Got the cover from here:
http://www.ebay.com.sg/itm/28122764...eName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
That looks pretty nice. Was it hard to pry the back cover off?
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WOAH. that's cool!
But why didn't you just get the quick window case in white and pry the window off? I have a white G2 and just bought a white and black QW case for when I get bored of the colour.
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KB112 said:
That looks pretty nice. Was it hard to pry the back cover off?
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Well, initially it was difficult. But once ya got the first latch out (with a click), ya just gotta apply enough force for all the latches. An important point to note is that you'll have to use a plastic opening tool, or anything plastic, and relatively sharp. Any other material may damage your device.
Got my guidance from:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBrXRs9j5jY
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WOAH. that's cool!
But why didn't you just get the quick window case in white and pry the window off? I have a white G2 and just bought a white and black QW case for when I get bored of the colour.
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Well, this might sound crazy, but nothing beats having a complete naked device in terms of feel in the hand. I just wanted it to be small.. real small. And yea.. I've used the slimArmor for a week.. and then the Korean Nekeda case for much longer, but eventually ended up naked
I'll get a QW case when I pass this phone to my wife in April/May.
Does the case just snap back into place, or do you have to use some kind of glue to keep it in place? Really tempted to get a white back.. Do you think if I were to sell it later I'd be able to put the black one on again and you wouldn't be able to tell it was ever taken off?
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Does the case just snap back into place, or do you have to use some kind of glue to keep it in place? Really tempted to get a white back.. Do you think if I were to sell it later I'd be able to put the black one on again and you wouldn't be able to tell it was ever taken off?
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It snaps right back on. There is no adhesive used at all.
Yes, I think you removed the back without damaging it, shouldn't be a problem at all.
Nice!
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reminds me of the stormtrooper X10 phone mod back in the Xperia X10 days
but very nice though!
Wonder how long before we see the vs980 cover in white.
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Great. But what is that ob pic nr.2 back of the case. Do you get everything (all the connector) in the case,
Is it possible to add a wireless charger into it. (D802 international.)
Anyone seen white vzw backs for sale?
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Great. But what is that ob pic nr.2 back of the case. Do you get everything (all the connector) in the case,
Is it possible to add a wireless charger into it. (D802 international.)
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Sorry, don''t get you on your first question.
Yes, all the antennas (black portions) are intact, together with the centre NFC piece. I doubt you can add wireless charger inside as there are no pins for you to connect to and also space restrictions.
MasK said:
Hi fellas..
Now that back covers have slightly reduced prices on Ebay, I decided to take the plunge.
Ordered a white back cover for my black G2 and here are the pics.
I think it looks pretty neat and fingerprint visibility on the white one isn't that high.
Got the cover from here:
http://www.ebay.com.sg/itm/28122764...eName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
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Sweet I might have to pick one up! I was waiting on someone to post pics of the black on white!
It looks like Nexus 5 now!
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Would love a matte finish on the back
I would like to do this as well but I am very afraid to remove the back...I think I would damage it...
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I would like to do this as well but I am very afraid to remove the back...I think I would damage it...
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The back is not that frail lol, it snaps on and off rather easily.
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Anyone seen white vzw backs for sale?
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Vzw users always get the shaft lol I remember wanting to make my gnexus white but never saw a white frame for the vzw version. I imagine it's the same for the g2.
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I have some scratches over the camera lens! and I'v been extra carful with this phone so far!
I'm the only one having these so far??
how is yours holding?
I also noticed some scratches but dont see any difference in picture quality jet.
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I have some scratches over the camera lens! and I'v been extra carful with this phone so far!
I'm the only one having these so far??
how is yours holding?
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It's very easy to replace the back glass that does include a new lens. If it bugs you that much that's an option.
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It's very easy to replace the back glass that does include a new lens. If it bugs you that much that's an option.
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but then you will not have a waterproof phone anymore.. or i'm wrong ?
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but then you will not have a waterproof phone anymore.. or i'm wrong ?
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You have to heat up the back then the adhesive comes loose, make sure you order a back glass that has the adhesive already applied and then you reheat that when you put it on. I did it on my Xperia Z and it worked fine. It's basically just a piece of waterproof tape that keeps the water out.
Or mayb you can use some p2000 waterproof sandingpaper and allot of patients? Don't know for sure, replacing is always possible...
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You have to heat up the back then the adhesive comes loose, make sure you order a back glass that has the adhesive already applied and then you reheat that when you put it on. I did it on my Xperia Z and it worked fine. It's basically just a piece of waterproof tape that keeps the water out.
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can you show me a place from whom i can order the above??
thank you man!:good:
http://www.parts4repair.com/sony-xperia-z1/
http://www.witrigs.com/sony-xperia-z1-replacement-parts
Or e-bay?
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yaabaa1986 said:
http://www.parts4repair.com/sony-xperia-z1/
http://www.witrigs.com/sony-xperia-z1-replacement-parts
Or e-bay?
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thank you man!
I meant obviously sites where the back cover comes with adhesive on.. but at that point I will ask the seller himself. thanks bud!
No probl.
Can you mayb try to polish the back after removing? I am quite anxious to know if it would work, in that case 1 can pollish the whole phone, also the frame (to end up with an mirror/chrome finish)?
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Hi!
I ordered this (http://www.aliexpress.com/item/for-...cover-back-housing-back-glass/1603707841.html) back plate two weeks ago and it arrived yesterday, my old one was broken.. I don't know if it's glass or hard plastic, but it's holding up great without any protection!
There is no shatter film on the backplate, so I think its not original but OK.
It was very easy to take the old one off; just some heat, a sharp knife and a guitar pick did the trick.
The new one came with adhesive, and after cleaning the frame it went right on!
All in all very nice, and easy install, may be original, may be not.
Press thanks if I helped you :thumbup:
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koenster said:
Hi!
I ordered this (http://www.aliexpress.com/item/for-...cover-back-housing-back-glass/1603707841.html) back plate two weeks ago and it arrived yesterday, my old one was broken.. I don't know if it's glass or hard plastic, but it's holding up great without any protection!
There is no shatter film on the backplate, so I think its not original but OK.
It was very easy to take the old one off; just some heat, a sharp knife and a guitar pick did the trick.
The new one came with adhesive, and after cleaning the frame it went right on!
All in all very nice, and easy install, may be original, may be not.
Press thanks if I helped you :thumbup:
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dose it have the sony logo on the back ?
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dose it have the sony logo on the back ?
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Hi!
For copyright issues it's blurred on the site, but it's there. First I was worried about the quality of the logo's and branding, but when it arrived, all the logo's (Sony, Xperia, NFC icon, G camera icon) were all very crisp and detailed!
It looks like the real deal